SportFormer International Cricket Council Match Referee Roshan Mahanama gives full credit to Cricket Australia for their prompt action with regard to the ball tampering incident which occurred during the third Test between Australia and South Africa last week. May be because the match referee took into consideration that he is a relatively new player and the situation he was in. But, Cricket Australia looked at the incident from a different perspective, and acted, keeping in mind the broader interests of the game of cricket in Australia. May be the match referee did not have sufficient evidence as to who was responsible for the incident. “During my time as a match referee, I would become rather annoyed when a player or official tried to justify an offenders’ action.

Source: Sunday Times April 02, 2018 03:33 UTC